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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window contains a </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Favorites</span><span class="f_BodyText"> folder. Here you can hyperlink to any UML element from the model as a whole, and conveniently drag and drop instances or links to this element into other diagrams. This is particularly useful where certain elements - such as the list of Actors in a system - are re-used again and again, and switching to the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Actors</span><span class="f_BodyText"> folder is not convenient. In cases like this, using the </span><span class="f_BodyText">Favorites</span><span class="f_BodyText"> folder makes managing and creating your model much easier.</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="favorites.png" width="234" height="120" border="0" alt="Favorites"></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Modify the Favorites Folder</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL2"><span class="f_SubHeadingL2">Add to the Favorites Folder</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To add an element to the Favorites folder:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Right-click on the element to add in a diagram.</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">From the context menu select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Find | Add to Favorites </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">option.</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Switch back to the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> window and check the Favorites folder; the new element should be listed in its category within the favorites.</span></li>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL2"><span class="f_SubHeadingL2">Delete from the Favorites Folder</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To delete a favorite:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Right-click on it within the Favorites folder in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> window.</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Select </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Delete</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> from the context menu.</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Confirm the action by clicking on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Yes</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> button.</span></li>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL2"><span class="f_SubHeadingL2">View Properties of a Favorite</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To view a favorite's properties from the Favorites folder:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Select and right-click on the favorite in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> window.</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Select </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Element Properties</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> from the context menu.</span></li>
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